alt Hacker NewsIt's so much further advanced than anything anyone else is working on, does it really need to be on schedule? I feel like "on schedule" only pertains to non-research-intensive projects.
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SecretDreams • today at 1:24 AM
On schedule pertains to anything where extraordinary schedule claims are unnecessarily made. Nobody would have to think about a schedule in this context if somebody did not regularly make bold schedule claims.
refulgentis • today at 1:22 AM
It does need to work at some point and I have a feeling it won't. Travelled from doubter => hyped => doubter. Something is very wrong.
7e • today at 12:11 AM
If my rocket doesn’t need to deliver any results on any timeline, it can be infinitely advanced. Convenient, right?
throwaway27448 • today at 12:39 AM
Is it? It seems mostly similar to what we had fifty years ago.
More bigger != more advanced != more economical != more sensical
And anyway yes there are programs that are dependent on Starship working on a schedule. If it doesn't work on schedule, those programs will advance without it and the Starship program will eventually fail.